Saturday, October 18, 2008
a shy hi
I don't know why I feel "shy" about posting here. I just want to say thanks for the comments some of you have left me about my son and his recent problems (drugs) I am still not 100% confident that things are under control, but I am doing what I can one day at a time with him. Nothing in life feels certain to me these days.
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Hey Barbara,
Prayers coming your way for your son and for you too. I don't know how that would feel, not having any kids myself, but what I do know is that your son is old enough to make his own choices (and to f#$k them up too) and that is just as much to do with him being as wounded as the rest of us than it is about you being a lousy horrible mother, in case that's what you're thinking.
You know, that is one of the things I will not miss about not having children - the guilt trips. They seem to be part and parcel of being a mother, somehow.
Anyway, I know that wasn't what you were writing about, but I just thought I'd say that ;)
Hang in there. It must be really tough
Welcome, Barbara. Come in and have a cup of tea and just sit a while. Rest.
Papa, help Barbara and her son. Give them rest and Peace. Thanks.
a less than shy "hello" in return to you. it is wonderful to see you here, and i hope you can find some rest just being here in this space. it's always good to see you here. :-)
and a big fat "amen!" to nothing feeling certain these days. right there with you.
Hey Barbara dear, I'm so glad you've come to join us here. It's good company.
I am continuing to hold Keven, and his mother, in my thoughts and prayers.
Sue, that is so true.
May I add that friends and your own siblings can do the same thing to you, as well. We might as well throw in parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts,too.
I have a brother into drugs and a childhood friend who has manic depression and has been in and out of the hospital since she was 13 years old. She, sadly, is in the hospital again. I just got off the phone with her and it didn't go well. Manipulative and conniving and angry.
It is so hard. Because we love these people and when they are doing well it is good.
I guess the thing to remember is that they love you, too ... but there is great interference in their lives that prevents them from giving it. It is so important to remember that they don't mean it. Most of them would rather be different and grieve silently.
Sorry, because this has hit so close to home here I sort of spouted off.
:-/
Welcome Barbara
I wish we could wave a magic prayer and make everything all right.
May the Lord lift you high and wrap his loving arms around you and give you peace in the midst of your storm. Lord go with Barbara's son wherever he goes and keep him safe. Make your presence known to him and help him Oh great and mighty lover of our souls who looks on the heart of man.
Hugs and a big smack on the cheek.
We stand with you in your pain.
Wendy
Barbara
All I can offer is my shoulder to cry on and you have it. I can't even begin to imagine what you are going through. On the other hand, I have seen (constantly) what drugs do to people and those around them.
I am praying for you and yours.
Glad you gave out a shy hi. I'll return a gentle hey there back to you. :-)
Michelle
Hello!
oh, that would be so hard to deal with, I can only imagine...
prayers for your son and you! Glad to meet you here : ) grace-
Sue, thanks. I don't know what the guilt trip thing is all about but most of the mother's I know have it even though common sense says its not our fault. Let's blame in on Freud.
Thank you, Katherine.
Jon, Thanks! Just knowing I am not alone is a huge help.
Erin, you rock my world.
Valorosa, no worries about "spouting off" its what this place is all about, sharing and getting comfort. And sharing does bring comfort much of the time, at least for me.
Wendy, thank you SO MUCH. I appreciate your prayers
Mike thanks. I think maybe a good cry would help right now but I can't seem to get one to surface. I drug test him again tonight....I hope its clean.
Thank you Michelle :)
Hi Manuela, thanks!
Oh - for those who don't know my blog is Prodigal Daughter but sometimes I forget to log in using my "open ID" so my other blog shows up, and my "Barbara" name. Sorry to be confusing but I try to keep my PD blog somewhat seperate from my trivial blogs on music etc.
HI Barbara, a hi there back to you! Family battles are really difficult and this is a place where you can share it!
If I could, I would give you are warm hug and say Welcome!
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